§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each year since 1991, for all English secondary schools, on the same basis as her Department's annual school performance tables, the average GCSE point scores, in five percentile groups ranked by their 15-year-olds achievements. [6406]
School performance tables 1996 Percentage of 15-year-olds achieving 5 percentile group Average point score1 5 A* to C (per cent.) 5 A* to G (per cent.) 1 A* to G (per cent.) Number schools 1 60.8 98.8 99.4 99.6 218 2 55.8 93.6 97.1 98.1 219 3 50.1 83.5 92.2 95.1 218 4 45.0 70.3 93.5 95.9 219 5 42.8 62.1 93.8 96.3 218 6 41.5 57.2 93.7 96.5 219 7 40.0 53.3 93.6 96.6 218 8 38.5 49.5 92.4 96.2 219 9 36.9 46.3 91.2 95.8 218 10 35.6 42.9 90.6 95.3 219 11 34.1 39.7 89.1 94.5 218 12 32.3 36.1 86.3 93.3 218 13 30.6 32.6 85.5 92.6 219 14 29.1 28.9 84.0 92.0 218 15 27.2 25.0 81.4 90.6 219 16 24.9 21.0 77.4 88.1 218 17 22.3 16.0 73.4 86.1 219 18 14.9 6.5 52.6 76.8 218 19 1.3 0.0 0.0 27.1 219 20 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 218 1 The average point score has been calculated by using A*=8, A=7, B=6, C=5, D=4, E=3, F=2 and G=l.